Ben Heath also won the second hand of heads-up play and Alex Kulev then limped the button once more, Heath checked. On the flop, Heath check-called for 40,000 and the turn went check, check. After the river, Heath checked once more and Kulev bet 85,000.
Both players returned early from their break and played a single hand at the old blinds still.
Alex Kulev limped the small blind and Ben Heath checked. On the flop, Kulev's bet of 30,000 was raised to 105,000 by Heath and he called to see the on the turn. Heath now bet 200,000 and that won the pot without resistance.
With a big smile on the face, Daniel Dvoress grabbed his single chip on the button and announced all-in. Ben Heath raised to 120,000 in the small blind and Dvoress still grinned while he awaited the fate. Alex Kulev folded and the cards were flipped over.
Daniel Dvoress:
Ben Heath:
The flop gave Heath heaps of outs with the two live cards and open-ended straight draw. While he bricked the turn, he got there with the river to eliminate Dvoress in third place.
With two minutes left on the clock for the level, the two contenders opted to take the break now and will determine a winner in 10 minutes from now.
Ben Heath raised to 65,000 in the small blind and then folded when Alex Kulev jammed out of the big blind. That pulled Kulev narrowly behind of Daniel Dvoress, who was in the big blind next.
Kulev jammed for 360,000 and Dvoress mulled it over before making the call.
Alex Kulev:
Daniel Dvoress:
The superior pair remained ahead on a runout and Dvoress was left with 40,000 in chips.
Kulev limped the next button and Dvoress sigh-folded to be left with one single chip. Ben Heath moved all-in with his comfortable lead and Kulev folded.
Several hands without showdown followed until Ben Heath raised to 500,000 on the button, which covered both players in the blinds. Pablo Brito Silva had some 340,000 behind in the small blind and tank-called.
Pablo Brito Silva:
Ben Heath:
The pocket pair remained ahead throughout the entire board as Heath dealt the final blow with a full house. Brito Silva made it to the final four but had to settle for a cash prize of �63,390.
Rodrigo Seiji got three jams through to essentially triple up his micro stack. He then lost a portion when Pablo Brito Silva jammed blind on blind. Daniel Dvoress raised to 195,000 from under the gun next and collected the blinds and big blind ante.
Alex Kulev jammed next blind on blind and won the pot.
Soon after that, Seiji pushed for 235,000 in the cutoff. Dvoress asked for a count in the small blind and moved all-in over the top to isolate.
Rodrigo Seiji:
Daniel Dvoress:
The flop and turn failed to improve Seiji, who had four outs to avoid the elimination by then. However, the river was not among them and that let the money bubble burst eventually.
Ben Heath open-jammed from under the gun and it quickly folded to Daniel Dvoress in the big blind. He asked for an exact amount while also checking the other stack sizes to determine the entire scenario and Heath's jam was deemed to be for 945,000.
With Rodrigo Seiji on the button holding a micro stack after folding the last few orbits, he mulled it over but eventually folded.
Pablo Brito Silva raised to 50,000 on the button and Alex Kulev inquired about his stack size before calling in the big blind. The flop brought and Kulev check-folded to a min-bet.
Kulev then got some chips back when he raised to 60,000 in the small blind, as Daniel Dvoress forfeited the big blind and big blind ante.
Kulev open-jammed the next button and this time, Ben Heath snap-called.
Ben Heath:
Alex Kulev:
The superior pair remained ahead on a runout as Heath doubled for 430,000 to send Kulev among the short stacks.